How did Reformed Christianity, the public faith of the Netherlands, influence the Dutch experience abroad? How did the Reformed Church and the West India Company (WIC) interact in each setting? What effect did the major religious issues and divisions of the period have on the WIC and its directors, merchants, employees, settlers, and indigenous allies? Conversely, what effect did expansion have on Dutch Calvinism?

In answering these and other questions, D. L. Noorlander argues against prevaili...

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Hoist the colours! Crazy chemists, helpless heroes and organic orcs await on the horizon – and there is much, much more to feast your eyes on in this new edition of Pirates, Peaches and P-values. All who wish to learn statistics with transparency, precision and light-heartedness: look no further and come aboard, like the 1600 students that preceded you. This ship is taking its ambitions to the next level, with breathtaking visuals, engaging prose...

This new edition continues to include considerable coverage of accounting standards oriented to 2018 IASB standards as well as major U.S. accounting standards. While the text discussion concentrates on relating standards to the theoretical framework of the book, the coverage provides students with exposure to the contents of the standards themselves. Despite its theoretical orientation, Financial Accounting Theory, 8/e does not ignore the institutional structure of financial accounting and s...

During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln’s administration engaged in protracted negotiations with representatives of the Netherlands to aid in the voluntarily colonization of free African Americans to Suriname. Scores of diplomatic letters in Dutch, English, and French, dating to the period 1862 to 1866 attest to the very real possibility that such a migration stream could have become a reality. They also indicate reasons why this scheme failed: it was bogged down by differe...

This book is entirely devoted to the research performed over the years into Van Gogh’s Sunflowers, an icon of Western European art.

Vincent van Gogh’s *Sunflowers* are seen by many as icons of Western European art. Two of these masterpieces – the first version painted in August 1888 (The National Gallery, London) and the painting made after it in January 1889 (Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam) – have been the subject of a detailed comparison by an interdisciplinary team of experts. The pict...

This book focuses on the practical relevance of research. It describes in a clear and factual way what research implies. It goes through the five phases in the cycle of designing, performing, analysing and reporting applied research.

The first phase comprises a problem analysis in which the problem definition is formulated. Here, the objective and the central question of the study are determined in consultation with the organisation involved (the client).

The second phase involves studying in...

Create market value through innovative customer connections and engagement Principles of Marketing, 8th European Edition, by Kotler et al. admirably covers a wide range of theoretical concepts and practical issues and accurately reflects the fast-moving pace of marketing in the modern world - examining traditional aspects of marketing and blending them with modern and future concepts. The authors of this European Edition present fundamental marketing information within an innovative customer-...

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The Corporate Startup is a practical guide for established companies th...

Innovate or die! How do you achieve long-term growth in a highly competitive business environment? Many established companies are facing a similar challenge. Sales from existing products is declining and the urgency to innovate the existing business and create new businesses is bigger than ever. Scale as a competitive advantage is no longer sufficient to compensate for the slow speed of corporate innovation. We need to leverage the organizations scale and assets and combine this with the spee...

The third edition of this core textbook, edited and contributed to by recognised international authorities on the subject, outlines the critical contextual and theoretical issues of business and management in Asia and offers a fresh, topical analysis of management in the major Asian nations. Featuring an accessible two-part structure and updated with the latest research, the book will enable students to assess Asian management systems and the strategies adopted by corporations and governments...